Tag Archives: internet explorer

Running IE 6 and IE 7

IE 7 is far far better at following the standards set for web browsers, but that doesn’t help for IE 6. But that isn’t the problem, the problem is that IE 7 copies over IE 6. It can install IE 5, IE 5.5, IE 6, or any combination thereof.

Using <object> in Internet Explorer

Also, by limiting what refreshes it cuts down on page load and makes it so the main page never has the refresh blink (that second of white before things load in the browser). The key is the classid: classid=”clsid:25336920-03F9-11CF-8FD0-00AA00686F13″ To learn more about using the element and making it work in IE read Brad Wrights discussion of the technique.

Firefox Protects Us From Ourselves

Turns out it wasn’t, but I didn’t get to see much of it because the very second that the page loaded Firefox put a protective mesh around the website and warned me that the site I was on had been reported as a Phishing site!